Lucille Blumberg

Community members wearing protective face masks as they queue for aid in Zandspruit informal settlement, north of Johannesburg. Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images

African countries are moving to make masks mandatory: key questions answered

Wearing masks is being introduced in conjunction with maintaining a physical distance of at least 1.5 metres and following hygiene measures such as hand washing.
A child collects clean water in Delmas, east of Johannesburg, an area vulnerable to outbreaks of the deadly typhoid virus. Reuters/Mujahid Safodien

Explainer: causes, symptoms and cures of typhoid fever

The danger with typhoid is that symptoms are quite insidious and mimic those of other infectious diseases.

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